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LHO General
corey.gray@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:09, Tuesday 29 December 2015 - last comment - 11:12, Tuesday 29 December 2015(24539)
Transition to DAY Shift Update

TITLE:  12/29 DAY Shift:  16:00-00:00UTC (08:00-04:00PDT), all times posted in UTC     

STATE of H1:   NLN hovering sort of above 70Mpc

Outgoing Operator:  Ed

Quick Summary:

Maintenance Tuesday-Lite beginning.  Kissel & I are at the helm.   We were just sort of discussing a gameplan.  Will stay locked as much as possible & also in Observing as much as possible.  A Praxair delivery is due today.  When/if that happens, I can perform a PSL Watchdog Reset (very quick and non-invasive maintenance task).

Kissel mentioned that our ratty range could be due to some MICH coupling into DARM (he saw a glitch on the running MICH live trace when he walked in); he's investigating.

No wind, and useism is about 0.5um/sec at LVEA.

LLO was up for about 90min a while ago (first time in last day+?).  Chatted with William and he also expected a liquid Nitrogen tank delivery.

Comments related to this report
corey.gray@LIGO.ORG - 08:31, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24540)

ISI Blend status:  

  • 45mHz ON ITMy, ITMx, BS for X&Y
  • 45mHz ON ETMx X & ETMy Y
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 08:46, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24541)
My claims are unfounded regarding excess SRCL (or MICH) coupling. See attached -- I show the coherence between the current DELTA L EXTERNAL ASD and that of MICH & SRCL error signals, and one can see no excess coherence between MICH or SRCL to DARM in the frequency region where the red, 70-75 [Mpc] DELTAL ASD is above the gold, ~80 [Mpc] ASD. I'd shot from the hip when I saw the excess noise in the 60 to 200 [Hz] noise, because I've seen poor SRCL subtraction take that shape in the past when we were constantly tuning the subtraction (e.g. LHO aLOGs 19774, 18402). I'll keep looking, but I suspect whatever the problem is, it's what has been happening throughout this entire lock stretch (locked in nominal low-noise since Dec 29 2015 07:54:01 UTC).

EDIT: Also not coherent with the EOM Driver's 45 MHz amplitude noise suppression loop's control signal (H1:LSC-MOD_RF45_AM_CTRL_OUT_DQ) so, it's also NOT "RF45" noise.
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gabriele.vajente@LIGO.ORG - 11:12, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24546)

I ran BruCo on 10 minutes of data starting at 2015-Dec-29 16:14:47 UTC. The full report is available here:

https://ldas-jobs.ligo.caltech.edu/~gabriele.vajente/bruco_1135440904/

Unfortunately, in the region between 70 and 100 Hz, which seems the one thta got worse, there hardly is coherence with any channel.

At lower frequency, one can find the usual coherence with SRCL/MICH signals, but it seems too low to explain any excess of noise.

 

H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 07:48, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24538)
Shift Summary - OWL

TITLE: Dec 29 OWL Shift 08:00-16:00UTC (00:00-08:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC

STATE Of H1: Observing

SUPPORT: N/A

INCOMING OPERATOR: Corey

SHIFT SUMMARY: IFO locked the entire shift. Range has been ≈ 76Mpc. Winds are ≤ 5mph. uSei has been ≈ 90th percentile range (mean). EQ bands are below .1µm/s except for a small spike from a quake in the Oklahoma area about 3.5 hours ago.

ACTIVITY LOG:

09:40 POP_A_LF_OUTPUT looks ratty and he range has diminished down into low 70-high 60 land. Going to try switching to 45mHz blends at EX. uSei is kinda high bu winds are low.

09:42 Intention bit set to commissioning by SDF when changes to blend made

09:52  Switching blends to 45mHz at ETMX (X) seems to have decreased the amplitude in DHARD_PITCH_OUTMON.

10:02  Intention bit set to Observe. 76Mpc

11:41  GRB alert

15:40 Got the go ahead from Corey to depart a little early :)

LHO FMCS
john.worden@LIGO.ORG - posted 06:02, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24537)
LVEA temperature

The LVEA temperatures are slightly out of control so I have lowered one heater HC1B from 11ma to 9ma on the control signal.

H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:45, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24536)
GRB 1 hr stand down expired
H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:07, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24535)
Mid-Shift Summary -OWL

Mid-SHIFT SUMMARY: IFO locked. Range has been sketchy between 70 and 78Mpc. I switched ETMX from all 90mHz blends to 45mHz on axis to try and reconcile some range and clean up ASC PIT and shaky POP_A_LF. Winds are calm. uSei has been above he 90th percentile range, maxing to .8um/s. I spoke with Livingston a few times regarding their status and also as protocol to the GRB alert.

H1 General (DetChar)
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 03:43, Tuesday 29 December 2015 - last comment - 03:48, Tuesday 29 December 2015(24533)
GRB Alert - standown 1hr

11:40UTC. Contaced Doug at LLO. They're locked at RF and still dealing with bounce and roll modes. H1 Locked @ 75Mpc. 

Comments related to this report
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - 03:48, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24534)

Doug just informed me that his EQ bands just jumped way up and that I can be expecting an earthquake. There is no evidence as of yet.

H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 02:14, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24532)
Dropped out of Observing to clean up ASC PIT and wobbly POP_A_LF_OUTMON

Range wasn't looking so good either.

Excerpt from log:

09:40 POP_A_LF_OUTPUT looks ratty and he range has diminished down into low 70-high 60 land. Going to try switching to 45mHz blends at EX. uSei is kinda high bu winds are low.

09:42 Intention bit set to commissioning by SDF when changes to blend made

09:52  Switching blends to 45mHz at ETMX (X) seems to have decreased the amplitude in DHARD_PITCH_OUTMON. This seems to, maybe, have helped the range slightly.

10:02  Intention bit set to Observe. 76Mpc

Range is still up and down. The Inspiral Range Integrand looks a little less than nominal around the 12-13Hz area. The only correlating information I can see is that the Z axis in the 10-30 Hz anthropogenic bands are excessively higher than its X&Y counter-parts. Also, the 3-10Hz Z axis is elevated and uSei is above the 90th percentile mark. ?

H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:20, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24531)
Shift Summary - OWL Transition

TITLE: Dec 29 OWL Shift 08:00-16:00UTC (00:00-08:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC

STATE Of H1: Observing

OUTGOING OPERATOR: Jeff

QUICK SUMMARY: IFO has been locked in the 80Mpc range for 19 minutes. Seismic conditions in the EQ bands are back to nominal after some activity and µSei is ≥ 90th percentile. Wind is ≤5mph. Livingston is down for the night.

 
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:04, Tuesday 29 December 2015 (24530)
Ops Evening Shift Summary
Activity Log: All Times in UTC (PT)

00:00 (16:00) Take over from Cheryl
02:35 (18:35) Lockloss – Possibly due to mag 5.6 EQ in Papua New Guinea 
06:50 (22:50) GRB – IFO is being relocked; LLO is down. Ignored alert.
07:55 (23:55) Locked and intent bit set to Observing. Power at 21.7W, range 78Mpc
08:02 (00:02) Turn over to Ed  

End of Shift Summary:

Title: 12/28/2015, Evening Shift 00:00 – 08:00 (16:00 – 00:00) All times in UTC (PT)

Support:  Kiwamu
 
Incoming Operator: Ed

Shift Detail Summary: Lost lock 2.5 hours into the shift, (lockloss probably due to EQs). After seismic settled down tried relocking without an initial alignment, but with no lock. Given the long lock stretch and the two EQs did not think this would work, but it was worth a try. Ran initial alignment and tried relocking. Loosing lock at various stages, and after several tries it became apparent alignment had drifted a bit. Reran initial alignment and was able to relock the IFO with no apparent problems.    

H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 23:01, Monday 28 December 2015 (24529)
GRB Alert
   GRB alert at 06:50 (22:50) - LHO working on relocking after EQ lockloss; LLO is down. Ignored alert.
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 20:55, Monday 28 December 2015 (24528)
Ops Evening Mid-Shift Summary
   Working on relocking the IFO after earlier EQ. Going through initial alignment. 
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:43, Monday 28 December 2015 (24527)
Lockloss - Possible due to EQ
    02:35 (18:35) Lockloss, possibly due to a mag 5.6 EQ near Papua New Guinea. Seismic jumped up to just over 1.0Um/s. Will try relocking as soon as things settle down.   
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:30, Monday 28 December 2015 (24524)
Ops Evening Shift Transition
Title:  12/28/2015, Evening Shift 00:00 – 08:00 (16:00 – 00:00) All times in UTC (PT)
	
State of H1: 00:00 (16:00), The IFO has been in Observing mode for the past 5 hours (IFO has been locked for over 40 hours, but there was a break in observing). Environmental conditions are good. The wind is calm (0- 1mph); seismic is flat and microseism is centered around 0.3um/s.      

Outgoing Operator: Cheryl
H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:15, Monday 28 December 2015 (24523)
Monthly Hanford Emergency Test Call

Monthly test call came in at 12:33PT, 20:33UTC, informing us that the test of the sirens would have them running off and on for an hour.

H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:10, Monday 28 December 2015 (24522)
Ops Day Summary:

Ops Day Summary: 16:00-23:59UTC, 08:00-16:00PT

State of H1: locked in Observe, range is 77Mpc

On site: Darkhan (fellow), JeffK, Gerardo, Sudarshan, Thomas Vo, Kiwamu (just arrived), and JeffB (incoming Ops, just arrived)

Shift Details:

Maintenance Tasks Tomorrow:

H1 DetChar (DetChar, OpsInfo, PSL, SUS)
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:43, Monday 28 December 2015 - last comment - 16:36, Monday 28 December 2015(24516)
H1 locked but out of Observe from 19:03:46 to 19:25:13UTC, approx. 15 minutes of good data while H1 was out of Observe

What happened:

An accidental button push took H1 out of Observe at 19:03:46UTC, and H1 was returned to Observe at 19:25:31UTC after the PSL diode chiller was filled.

Timeline Details:

Given these activites, after ETMY L2L filter back was restored and resulting glitch in DARM passed, the IFO was not disturbed again until I filled the chiller between 19:19:00UTC and 19:24:00UTC.

Timeline Summary:

IFO Guardian Log Details:

2015-12-27T08:01:00.52831 IFO [ALL_NODES_OK.enter]
2015-12-28T19:03:46.23209 IFO [ALL_NODES_OK.run] USERMSG: node NOTIFICATION: DIAG_SDF
2015-12-28T19:03:46.35568 IFO state returned jump target: DROP_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.35588 IFO [ALL_NODES_OK.exit]
2015-12-28T19:03:46.41705 IFO JUMP: ALL_NODES_OK->DROP_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.41724 IFO calculating path: DROP_OK->ALL_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.41748 IFO new target: WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.41790 IFO executing state: DROP_OK (5)
2015-12-28T19:03:46.41802 IFO [DROP_OK.enter]
2015-12-28T19:03:46.60496 IFO EDGE: DROP_OK->WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.60534 IFO calculating path: WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK->ALL_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.60572 IFO new target: ALL_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:46.60645 IFO executing state: WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK (20)
2015-12-28T19:03:46.60664 IFO [WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK.enter]
2015-12-28T19:03:47.92328 IFO EDGE: WAITING_FOR_NODES_OK->ALL_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:47.92369 IFO calculating path: ALL_NODES_OK->ALL_NODES_OK
2015-12-28T19:03:47.92443 IFO executing state: ALL_NODES_OK (100)
2015-12-28T19:03:47.92461 IFO [ALL_NODES_OK.enter]
 

Plots attached:

  1. ETMY filter (approx. 3 seconds)
  2. PSL Diode Chiller Low Alarm (30 minutes)
  3. Both channels plotted together, showing the time in between where H1 is undistrubed, but not in Observe (23 minutes total, approx. 15 minutes of "unofficial undisturbed" time)
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Comments related to this report
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - 16:36, Monday 28 December 2015 (24525)
   Water level checking and filling the Diode chiller is a known "issue". There are plans to make it easier for the operators to keep track of the Diode chiller water levels after O1.   
H1 SUS (ISC)
brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - posted 20:41, Thursday 24 December 2015 - last comment - 18:43, Monday 28 December 2015(24456)
Update of the quad Matlab model with test mass inertias from solidworks

Summary

I updated the quad matlab model parameter file with SolidWorks estimates of the test mass and PUM rotational inertias. Previously these values were output from a fitting algorithm using the measured resonance frequencies, see log 10089.

The updated parameter files are quadopt_fiber.m (the generic quad file) and h1etmy.m. quadopt_fiber.m is the general quad file, h1etmy.m is specific to H1ETMY. They are currently identical since we have the most measurements from H1ETMY. Both live in this directory

.../SusSVN/sus/trunk/QUAD/Common/MatlabTools/QuadModel_Production

Discussion

This update was done because there has been some discussion on the accuracy of the test mass inertias in the model. The solidworks mass values for the test mass and PUM agree with the measured weights to 0.2% and 0.07% respectively. This doesn't tell us the error for the inertias, but since they are small, it is a good sign. Previosuly, the inertias were chosen by the aforementioned fitting algorithm. These had differed from solidworks by 2% in roll (I3x) and yaw (I3z), and 7% in pitch (I3y). Further, Shivaraj pointed out that the pitch inertia from the fit was smaller than the yaw, which can't be true due to the flats on the optic. The assumption is that the solidworks estimates are more accurate.

With the updated inertias on the PUM and test mass, I made a new fit of the model, floating all the d's of each stage, the inertias of the top mass and UIM, the spring stiffnesses, and the vertical stiffness of the fibers. I wouldn’t put too much faith into the accuracy of these values. The best we can do is try to make a model that matches the information we have. If we ever get new or better information (such as good L-P coupling data) we can update the model with that then.

The plots in the first pdf show a comparison of the measured H1ETMY transfer functions to the previous model fit and the new one. They all match pretty well. The new fit appears to match the top mass L to P measurement better.

The plots in the second attached pdf show the ratios of the new fit to the old fit for the damped L to L TFs from all stages to the test mass. The damping loops were imported from those currently running at LHO. These ratios all appear to be within 10% of unity.

 

For reference, this is a summary of the history of model revisions on the svn:

generate_QUAD_Model_Production.m

rev 7359: now reads foton files for main chain and reaction damping

rev 7436: Changed hard coded DAMP gains to get the correct values for LHO ETMX specifically.

rev 7508: Restored damping filter choice for P to level 2.1 filters as opposed to Keita's modification. Cleaned up error checking code on foton filter files, and allowed handling of filter archive files and files with the full path.

rev 7639: renaming lho etmy parameter file

rev 7642: Adding custom parameter file for each quad. Each one is a copy of h1etmy at this point, since that one has the most available data.

rev 7646: added ability to read live filters from sites, and ability to load custom parameter files for each suspension

rev 7652: updated to allow damping filters from sites from a specific gps time (in addition to the live reading option)

planned future revision - seismic noise will progate through the damping filters as in real life. i.e the OSEMs are relative sensors and measure the displacement between the cage and the suspension.

* ssmake4pv2eMB5f_fiber.m

no recent (at least 4 years) functional changes have been made to this file.

* quadopt_fiber.m

- rev 2731: name of file changed to quadopt_fiber.m, removing the date to avoid confusion with Mark Barton's Mathametica files.

- rev 6374: updated based on H1ETM fit in 10089.

- rev 7392: updated pend.ln to provide as-built CM heights according to T1500046

- rev 7912: the update described in this log, where the solidworks values for the inertias of the test mass and pum were put into the model, and the model was then refit.  Same as h1etmy.m.

* h1etmy.m

- rev 7640: created the H1ETMY parameter file based on the fit discussed in 10089.

- rev 7911: the update described in this log, where the solidworks values for the inertias of the test mass and pum were put into the model, and the model was then refit. Same as quadopt_fiber.m.

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Comments related to this report
brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 11:26, Friday 25 December 2015 (24475)

I've now copied over the h1etmy.m updates to the other quad parameter files: h1etmx.m h1itmx.m h1itmy.m l1etmy.m l1etmx.m l1itmy.m l1itmx.m.

I also updated each parameter file with its repective measured test mass weight from https://galaxy.ligo.caltech.edu/optics/. Note, Kiwamu had already put in the h1etmx test mass weight on Aug 7, 2015.

With the exception of test mass weight, as before all quad parameter files are the same. The intention is to make each file more unique as we collect more information on each suspension (such as test mass weight).

brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 18:43, Monday 28 December 2015 (24526)

Replotting TF_ratios_damped_M0L1L2L3_to_L3L_2015_12_24.pdf to zoom in on the y axis.

TF_ratios_damped_M0L1L2L3_to_L3L_2015_12_24.pdf
TF_ratios_damped_M0L1L2L3_to_L3L_2015_12_24.pdf
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